Ana

Ana is a 1982 Portuguese independent docufictional and ethnofictional feature film written, directed and edited by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. It centers on an elderly matriarch and her family in the Trás-os-Montes region of Portugal, exploring the cycle of life and death through the main character Ana (Ana Maria Martins Guerra). The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards and screened at various international film festivals.